All Forum Posts by: Arun Chadda

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Hey BP Folks,

My first post! Looking for a lot of help and advice so thanks in advance for anything you guys are able to share.

Essentially to sum up I am a foreign national looking to understand how this impacts my ability to leverage? Are there specialised mortgage brokers who could help guide me in this situation? I have no US credit history, employment or income. On the flip side I do have funds ready to invest. How is this going to impact my mortgage rates, down payments and terms?

Is there someone out there who can help me understand the best structure to hold the real estate in. Trust, LLC, Hold Co? Taxation and again if anything specific with being a foreign national?

As the primary goal is to build and grow the portfolio I am agnostic to the location or type of real estate. Given then my different set of circumstances what would anyone suggest the best strategy in the current market conditions to first acquire and then grow over the mid term?

I am not looking at any get rich schemes rather would like to use leverage as a tool and create a positive cash flow portfolio.

Lastly, is there a one stop shop for someone like me that any of you would recommend?

I have time and money to invest, it's just that I am not physically able to spend large amounts of time in the US. Really looking forward to any help on the above!

Cheers!

The challenge you will face with getting lending is two fold. FIrst its you are not in the country but secondly if you cannot provide any proof of income then you will not qualify for conventional financing. You would have to go the DSCR route.
Being overseas, you may want to look into investing in some real estate funds vs. doing it on your own, where you can still get 8%+ returns and not have to deal with hassle of owning property. Owning real estate whether 45 minutes a way or 4500 miles away is a pain in the ...

Thanks for the response Chris, really appreciate the insight. Will look into the DSCR route. The goal is to build a leveraged real estate portfolio with a positive cash flow so the real estate funds don't work for me. Fingers crossed am able to find a viable solution. Cheers.

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